• Table of Contents
• Signing Up
• Leagues
• Rules Update
• Notes
• Promotions
• Relegations
• Upcoming Dates

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• Draft Change Form

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Signing Up

We here at NarFFL headquarters (an underground bunker somewhere between Boston and Los Angeles) thought that the lottery system worked well last season, so we are going to continue using it for signups, with a few small tweaks.

If you're new and haven't signed up with NarFFL.com you can do that now by clicking the box up in the corner of this page. Note: This is NOT entering the lottery, just one step you can get out of the way before lottery day arrives.

We will open up signups for 48 hours starting on August 11 @ midnight (EST). After the 48 hour sign-up period, we will randomly pull from that pool to fill the Farm League. New for this year: You MUST have a Fleaflicker account BEFORE you sign up for the lottery. In the past we had to hunt down people's FleaFlicker accounts and match them with their Reddit name. NO MORE. /u/Surye has other stuff to do that may or may not involve gently sipping bottles of Duck Duck Gooze while lesser people look on in despair.

In addition to having a FleaFlicker account, your Reddit account must have been created on or before August 1st, 2016, and must have at least 10 comment karma, so make sure you get out there and be nice for a few days.

Those not selected by the lottery will be added to the wait list. Be aware that the wait list will still be handled in a first come, first served manner. This means it's still a wise idea to sign up as quick as possible, as it will increase your chances of receiving a team for owners that fail to sign-up or renew (which generally happens every year). It also gives you the opportunity to take over a team mid-season, should an owner be removed for any reason.

Please note that the only data received using reddit authentication is your user name, account creation date, and karma score. No other private information is given to us, but, if you do want to get a little more personal, you can Like the Official NarFFL Facebook page.

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Leagues

Premier League

Size

144 teams - 12 leagues with 12 teams in each.

Draft

Draft dates are agreed upon by the members of each individual 12 man league. Talk to your commish about this.

Playoffs

For each league, playoffs will be the standard format.

Relegation

Each league will have two relegated teams. To keep owners active that have not made it to the playoffs in their individual leagues, we are giving the winner and runner-up of the consolation playoffs (in each 12 man league) a pass on being relegated. The two relegated owners will be the two lowest ranked teams (by Fleaflicker) out of the remaining four consolation playoff teams. So that means even if a team finishes last in the regular season, they are able to escape relegation by making it to the consolation playoff championship game. The 24 Premier League owners are relegated to the Major League the following year.

Major League

Size

288 teams - 24 leagues with 12 teams in each.

You have to log in to Fleaflicker by August 14th to avoid getting replaced.

By logging in, you confirm that you wish to participate in NarFFL 2016.

Draft

There is a default draft slot set for each of the Major leagues - September 3rd at 3PM EDT. This is the weekend before NFL Kickoff. This can be changed if the 12 owners in the league can agree on a new date & time. Just have one of your league members fill out this form with the name of your league and the new date and time.

Promotion

Win your league and you move up. All 24 league winners earn a ticket to the Premier League to fill the 24 slots left by the relegated Premier League members.

Relegation

Each league will have two relegated teams. To keep owners active that have not made it to the playoffs in their individual league, we are giving the winner and runner-up of the consolation playoffs (in each 12 man league) a pass on being relegated. The two relegated owners will be the two lowest ranked teams (by Fleaflicker) out of the remaining four consolation playoff teams. So that means even if a team finishes last in the regular season, they are able to escape relegation by making it to the consolation playoff championship game. The 48 Major League owners are relegated to the Minor League the following year.

Minor League

Size

576 teams - 48 leagues with 12 teams in each.

You have to log in to Fleaflicker by August 13th to avoid getting replaced.

By logging in, you confirm that you wish to participate in NarFFL 2016.

Draft

There is a default draft slot set for each of the Minor leagues - September 3rd at 3PM EDT. This is the weekend before NFL Kickoff. This can be changed if the 12 owners in the league can agree on a new date & time. Just have one of your league members fill out this form with the name of your league and the new date and time.

Promotion

Win your league and you move up. All 48 league winners earn a ticket to the Major League to fill the 48 slots left by the relegated Major League members.

Relegation

Each league will have two relegated teams. To keep owners active that have not made it to the playoffs in their individual league, we are giving the winner and runner-up of the consolation playoffs (in each 12 man league) a pass on being relegated. The two relegated owners will be the two lowest ranked teams (by Fleaflicker) out of the remaining four consolation playoff teams. So that means even if a team finishes last in the regular season, they are able to escape relegation by making it to the consolation playoff championship game. The 96 Minor League owners are relegated out of NarFFL. These owners are welcome to try and sign up for the Farm League the following year.

Farm League

Size

384 teams - 32 leagues with 12 teams in each.

Members

Every year the Farm League will be comprised of new people. As opposed to the other tiers, no spot in the Farm League is guaranteed year to year.

Draft

There is a default draft slot set for each of the Farm leagues - September 3rd at 3PM EDT. This is the weekend before NFL Kickoff. This can be changed if the 12 owners in the league can agree on a new date & time. Just have one of your league members fill out this form with the name of your league and the new date and time.

Promotion

Three teams from each Farm league will be promoted to the Minor League the following year.

1. The Champion
2. The Runner-Up
3. The team with the highest single-week score during the regular season (excluding 1 & 2). That means that ANY team is capable of having a week that will get it promoted at any time. We chose this as our third criteria to keep everyone fully invested the whole year.

Relegation

All teams that are not promoted will be removed from the league in the off-season and will have to sign up again the following year.

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Rules Update

The rules committee got together in the offseason to discuss the suggestions of the owners. Two minor rules changes were decided on with many needing more observation before a change could be made. While we can't open up the hood too much, please know that behind the scenes, the league's moderators aren't always in agreement. Sometimes they get outvoted while pushing hard for your suggestion to become a reality (except return yards, we all voted against that), other times the winds of change come, but slowly. So, with that being said, if you suggested something that you believe strongly in, continue to suggest it, but remember that the closer to the offseason that you do it, the better chance you'll have at it being considered.

Fumbles lost are now -2 points

While this doesn't have too big of an impact it rights a wrong that occurred on plays where a player was charged with a fumble but never turned the ball over. We liked the more streamlined scoring, and we don't think that it takes anything away.

Horn Championship Calculation is now .5(Season Avg) + Week 15 + Week 16

The playoff calculation was new last year, and admittedly still has its detractors. We feel the method did what we wanted it to, but that too much weight was put on the season average when compared to the playoff week scores. With only one season under our belts it was a little hard to come to a consensus (.25, .5, or keep it the same to get a larger sample size), but we felt that the spirit of the equation and the method was to weigh the playoff weeks heavier than the season average, and that is what we have done here. We are always looking for ways to improve our methods, and at the moment we feel that this is the best option available to us.

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Notes

Unclaimed Spots

After the lottery is completed and returning players have signed into their accounts on FleaFlicker, some spots may be unfilled, either by players who decided to quit (see also: The 49ers) or by players that couldn't make the commitment. These spots are filled from the tier below based on rankings from the previous year (Majors->Premier, Minors->Majors, Farm->Minor, Waitlist->Farm) in a trickle-up fashion. Rankings are based on wins first, then points scored. An invite is good for 24 hours, after which it will go to the next person in line. This is a first come first served promotion. An invite is not a guarantee at a spot.

Draft Rankings

Draft rankings are set when the leagues are activated, which is done early in the pre-season. So please, do yourself the favor of resetting your rankings close to your draft. We would especially encourage this if there is even a remote possibility you are going to miss your draft. This can be done on the 'Draft Ranking' tab within the 'Draft' Page. The selector is on the top right.

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Promotions

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Relegations

Note: Due to some owners replacing inactive owners midseason, there may be duplicates in these lists. Don't worry, we've got it all worked out.

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Upcoming Dates

Lottery Open

August 11 @ 12:00 AM to August 12 @ 11:59 PM EST

Deadline to claim team

August 14 (48 hours after invites are sent)

Deadline to renew

August 14

Preseason Week 1

August 11

Draft Deadline

September 7

Week 1

September 8

NarFFL Playoffs

December 8

Winner Announced

January 1

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